Eight chortens lost in one month
31 August 2009
Eight chortens in three gewogs have been vandalised and desecrated in the month of August alone in Pemagatshel. The last vandalism of two chortens took place in an isolated village of Mawa under Shumar Gewog on the night of August 24. Since all the chortens are old, the details of their nangten were not known. The desecration continues despite village volunteers trying desperately to keep vigil around... Read the story »
Co-ops galore in Trashigang
31 August 2009
Trashigang Dzongkhag will be supporting more than 40 dairy, 14 poultry and four piggery cooperatives to tap domestic livestock market to achieve self-sufficiency and employment in rural Bhutan. According to the dzongkhag, six dairy cooperatives including Pam Medey Gonor Gongphel Tshogpa and Galing Pam Medey Gonor Gongphel Tshogpa are already functional. The remaining 34 groups, which are in their initial... Read the story »
Health, fitness, diet and more
31 August 2009
Wangchen, 32, the second Mr Thimphu, is a certified fitness trainer. He eats six small meals a day but has never touched suja or sikam for the last four months. In four months of his preparation for Mr Thimphu competition, he spent more than Nu 100,000 on diet. He talks to Phuntsho Wangmo about bodybuilding, fitness, diet and other health related issue. Q: Did you expect to win this competition? A:... Read the story »
Connecting Bhutan, truly
31 August 2009
Come February 2011, and all the gewogs in Bhutan will be connected with mobile cellular communication services. Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority (BICMA) has disbursed Nu 188.385 million from its universal service fund (USF), to the two telecom operators in Bhutan to connect the designated rural and remote areas on a cost-sharing basis. The head of telecommunication at BICMA, Wangay Dorji, said the... Read the story »
Apple season begins on high hope
31 August 2009
This year, apple exporters are hoping for a good season as the apple prices have shot up to Nu 650 to 700 a box, the highest price recorded in the last 15 to 20 years. Lungpa Tandin, the Secretary General of Bhutan Exporters Association (BEA), said, this season would be favourable for the farmers as apples exported to Bangladesh and India fetch good prices, may be due to a drop in yield in India. The... Read the story »
Use of our mountain slopes
30 August 2009
With the rising rural to urban migration, the constraints on urban infrastructure will keep on increasing. It will be unrealistic to assume that this flow of people from villages to the towns will stop in the foreseeable future. Our towns will keep on expanding in a planned way as well as in an unplanned, haphazard and illegal settlement manner. Take Thimphu for an example – the pristine Dashi Village... Read the story »
Six treated for mushroom poisoning
30 August 2009
Six men from Denchi village in Pemagatshel were treated in the district hospital after they had consumed a poisonous mushroom on August 21. Two were brought to the hospital in a serious condition. The victims consumed a poisonous mushroom locally called khibamung. “Pupil in one of the patients’ eyes had constricted when they were brought to the hospital,” said Dr Bhim Nath. All the victims were... Read the story »
Ban on corporal punishment – a tall order?
29 August 2009
Teaching in the Bhutanese classrooms are not the same today in an ever complex teaching – learning environment. Almost suddenly, the society demands the “elusive” quality education. On the other hand classrooms have become cramped. Teaching, suddenly is not a one way communication where teachers are knowledge “giver” and students knowledge “receiver”. On the other hand both parties... Read the story »
Imagining India: A book review
29 August 2009
Title: Imagining India: Ideas for the New Century Author: Nandan Nilekani Publisher: Penguin, New Delhi Pages: 531 in hardbound Price: Rs 699 Imagining India: Ideas for the New Century (published 2008) by Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys Technologies Limited (Bangalore) and one of India’s ‘finest and most dynamic minds’ today, is a wealth of insightful perspectives, analytic discourses,... Read the story »
What do we eat?
29 August 2009
Sir, I am particularly worried about last week’s Bhutan Observer story on fallowing of wetland. Bhutan is considered an agrarian society with little landholdings. As the editorial rightly said, less than 8 per cent of the total area is arable. This is a concern especially because if we lose such a little land to development and fallowing, when will we fulfill our dream of self-sufficiency. Today,... Read the story »
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